Zhao Yan's speech was so fierce that he almost scolded all the officials in the court. The words seemed gentle, but they were sarcastic in many places.

First, he called for injustice, and then obediently offered a tax of three million taels of salt, and then criticized the other salt merchants and officials from all over the country to divert the source of the conflict.

After refuting the slander sharply in the later text, he directly rejected the will to move Hancheng.

"My father was harmed by Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers. I hope Your Majesty forgives me for not being able to go to Hancheng during the mourning period. In addition, my uprising of troops during the mourning period was caused by family enemies, and I wanted to kill Kong Youde's rank. In his personal trip to Fengyang to attack the thieves, it was all caused by Zhongdu's danger. In order to Denglai, Li Denglai was unable to do so. However, when I moved to Hancheng, how could I resist Jiannu in the north? Qin was far from the capital. If Jiannu invaded the pass, it would be beyond reach. However, when I stayed at Denglai, if Jiannu entered the pass, he would attack Liaodong at sea, so that Jiannu would not dare to move lightly.

I will stay in Denglai, and I can remove the bad things of salt administration for Your Majesty. In less than three years, I will collect 5 million taels of salt tax every year. If Your Majesty entrusts the salt administration of the world to me, I will definitely make it more than ten million taels of taels of annual income... Although I am a general, I have read books of sages. I dare not forget the kindness of your Majesty, but only for life and death to repay the king's kindness... If the saint appoints others to manage Denglai's salt administration, it will definitely be like the land of the two Huai Rivers. The salt tax collected is deducted from it at all levels. How many of them are paid? If the salt tax paid by me has not met the standards, Your Majesty can sack it again."

...After the eunuch sent the eunuch to submit the memorial, Zhao Yan received a letter written by Lu Xiangsheng. In the letter, Lu Xiangsheng advised Zhao Yan: Those who are salty and powerful will move like honeycombs to get honey, and they cannot be kept for a long time. If you persist, you will not want to go to Hancheng to suppress the bandits, you can come to the Central Plains. The eight kings Zhang Xianzhong are fleeing to the border of Chu and Shu. Although the soldiers in Liaodong are strong, they are not more useful than those in Denglai... Since Zhang Xianzhong heard that Zhao Yan returned to Shandong, he was not in a hurry to return to Shaanxi. Instead, he was in a rush to fight in Huguang and the mountains on the border of Sichuan. Lu Xiangsheng was extremely difficult to pursue, and the mountains were steep, and the Liaodong cavalry often could not play a role.

Zhu Dadian also encountered trouble at this time. The Fifth Camp of the Gate Left fled into Anhui and chased the Yinghuo Mountains (Dabie Mountains), threatening Nanjing to the east and Fengyang to the northeast.

The Five Camps of the Left are the old Hui Ma Shouying, the Ge Li-eye He Yilong, the King of the Left Jin, the King of the Left Jin, the King of the Left Liu Xiyao, and the King of the World, and the King of the World, Lin, the King of the World, and the King of the World, and was a relatively stable group of joint combat. This is the so-called "Five Camps of the Left".

After they rushed into the Dabie Mountains, they were immediately in water. They were good at buying local people to collect intelligence. Most officers and soldiers rushed to hide, and even fewer to meet the enemy.

Zhu Dadian sent people to search the mountains, and the Fifth Camp of the Left immediately fell into a dangerous place. The official army was a guest and was often defeated. Not long ago, he was impeached for being "destroyed by the county and lost his prefectures". Zhu Youjian, a surname of Suo, only scolded and punished him.

Zhu Dadian was already in a state of trouble. If he continued like this, he would have to take off his black hat. Therefore, he hurriedly wrote to Zhao Yan, hoping that he could send some troops to Anhui to assist in the suppression. The only foreign aid Zhu Dadian could ask for was Zhao Yan in Denglai. After all, he was Zhao Yan's boss, and the two had a good relationship, not to mention that Zhao Yan's elite soldiers were transferred to suppress the thieves.

Zhao Yan considered it and decided to transfer the Third Battalion of Infantry led by Li Ran to Huguang to assist in the suppression of Zhang Xianzhong, and Wang Zheng, the commander of the Yingzhou regiment, cooperated to support the suppression of the Fifth Battalion of the Left in Anhui.

He also sent someone to send a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, informing Lu Xiangsheng of his plans, and explaining the pros and cons of it, hoping that Lu Xiangsheng could help one or two.

Lu Xiangsheng was deeply trusted by Chongzhen. If he spoke for Zhao Yan, he would definitely play a role.

...On October 13th, Zhao Yan's memorial was presented to Zhu Youjian. After reading it, Zhu Youjian's face was gloomy and sunny, not sure whether it was joy or anger. Then Zhu Youjian took the memorial and read it several times, and his face gradually became gloomy and terrifyingly gloomy.

"Emperor." Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, called out tentatively, and then said: "Then Zhao Yan is unwilling to move to Hancheng, and wants to keep Denglai to control Yanli. Should he issue an imperial edict to let him move to the town..."

"It's just this matter, this guy is still loyal and brave." Zhu Youjian raised his hand and said, Wang Chengen couldn't help but be stunned. He originally thought that Zhu Youjian was angry for Zhao Yan's resistance, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"All civil and military officials in the court are deceived by their subordinates and concealing themselves, greedy for life and fear of death, and are rich as if they are alive. Good, good, good." Zhu Youjian trembled and slapped the table in anger, and immediately knocked the inkstone on the table to the ground.

"Don't calm down, please calm down. It's not worth it for those villains to get angry!" Wang Chengen hurriedly helped Zhu Youjian and advised him.

"Hmph, what a salt transport envoy from Lianghuai. If Zhao Yan had not reported the actual situation of the salt administration, I would have been kept in the dark and drafted an order." Zhu Youjian shouted to Wang Chengen angrily.

"Yes." Wang Chengen quickly asked the eunuch below to pack up the copy and pick up the brush to prepare the draft.

"Zheng Zhiyang, the salt transport envoy of Lianghuai, was dereliction of duty and bullied his superiors, and was greedy for ink and salt profit, so he was dismissed from his post and investigated."

"When the Jinyiwei investigated the bribery officials of salt merchants, they must check the list one by one and report it..." Zhu Youjian was furious and made two imperial edicts.

However, Zhao Yan's memorial made him feel at scrutinized and was very moved by the search of the property of the salt merchants in Lianghuai. However, Chongzhen did not understand that it was almost impossible for him to do so. Even if he was the emperor, he would inevitably be opposed by the ministers.

After a while, after Wang Chengen drafted the decree, he asked Chongzhen again: "Emperor, how should Zhao Yan deal with this memorial?"

"Lie Zhen Denglai, and also serves as the Shandong salt transport envoy, and is the Prime Minister of the world's salt administration." Chongzhen said. Zhao Yan's 'blood-sweeping memorial' undoubtedly improved his impression in Chongzhen's mind again.

Of course, the most important thing is that he showed his loyalty through his actions and directly paid three million taels of salt tax. In Shandong, he paid more salt tax than the total salt tax in the world.

The original evils to Zhao Yan were all because Zhao Yan moved his cheese. This time, Zhao Yan returned the cheese to him and pointed out to him that the salt merchants who really touched his cheese were the salt transporters from all over the country.

Zhu Youjian was indeed furious and directly issued an order to investigate Zheng Zhiyang, a salt transport envoy named by Zhao Yan.

"Your Majesty, this is probably not in accordance with the rules. Then Zhao Yan is a warrior." Wang Chengen hesitated for a while and said.

"Current affairs are extremely difficult, only talented. Although Zhao Yan is a martial artist, he also reads the books of sages. What's wrong with him? " Zhu Youjian snorted coldly. Wang Chengen hurriedly responded, but continued to suggest: "It's all that the emperor appointed Zhao Yan as the Shandong salt transportation envoy. But if he was asked to be the Prime Minister of the world's salt administration, those ministers would inevitably oppose it, and then it would touch many powerful people. If he was too anxious, some trouble would inevitably arise."

"Then let him first let the Prime Minister of Shandong Salt Administration." Zhu Youjian thought for a while, nodded in agreement with Wang Chengen's suggestion. Wang Chengen quickly drafted the imperial edict and immediately sent it to the eunuch who took the seal to stamp it.

One of the eunuchs on the pen and the eunuchs on the seal was red and the other was stamped. In theory, the eunuchs on the seal were greater, but the influence on the emperor was that the eunuchs on the pen was greater. The eunuchs on the seal was only the power to supervise the eunuchs on the pen.

Wang Chengen was the successor of Wei Zhongxian, but compared with Wei Zhongxian, his power was obviously a world and a world. Chongzhen was a very diligent monarch. Wang Chengen could not become the second Wei Zhongxian. Besides, the eunuch in charge of the seal did not cooperate with him. They all had higher qualifications than Wang Chengen, and it was obvious that they had no way to command them.

The eunuch, the eunuch in the seal, was very surprised when he got these three imperial edicts and asked Wang Chengen if he had written it wrong? After checking it, the eunuch in the seal was then stamped.

The three imperial edicts issued by Chongzhen were a 180-degree turn from their previous attitude, which made people confused.

However, this reversal was caused by Zhu Youjian's attention to finance. Since he ascended the throne, the finances have always been in a state of shortage, and even the treasury has not saved much money.

Regarding how to increase fiscal revenue, ministers generally suggest increasing land tax, but land tax has continued to change in various places.

After Zhao Yan got into private salt, Chongzhen was angry because of his attention to finance.

At this time, Zhao Yan pointed out a clear way to increase fiscal revenue and ensured that the salt administration of Denglai could be used to increase salt tax by 5 million taels per year. If the Prime Minister verified the world, he could be used to earn tens of million taels per year.

Tens of millions of taels! It's enough for him to start a war. Zhu Youjian had no reason to suspect it. After all, Zhao Yan had three million taels of silver to pay.

For Zhu Youjian, he did not believe anyone, he only believed in the facts. Especially for the ministers in the court, Zhu Youjian was extremely distrustful.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been in a state of fighting with his ministers. It is precisely because of this that many civil servants were killed, which is why he promoted Wen Tiren to the chief minister of the cabinet, because Wen Tiren did not form a clique and was a camp that opposed his ministers.

There was a reason why Zhu Youjian did not believe in those civil officials. The officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty was constantly greedy and despicable. These civil officials jumped up and down and were unscrupulous. His government orders were often stubbornly confronted, which also made Zhu Youjian embark on the road of physically eliminating the other party, and he also sent eunuchs to important towns in various places. Even some institutions in the court were overwhelmed by eunuchs. For example, the Ministry of Works was completely controlled by eunuchs, and all kinds of actions showed Zhu Youjian's distrust of civil officials.

At the same time, Zhu Youjian is a cold and ruthless person who turns against Zhao Yan before, and he wants Zhao Yan to change to Yan'an, which shows that.

At this time, after Zhao Yan submitted a memorial to criticize the officials in the court, Zhu Youjian immediately resonated with him. In addition, his distrust of the civil officials, he immediately overturned the negative impression that the civil officials left when they impeached Zhao Yan, and immediately thought of Zhao Yan's benefits.

The ability to kill thieves and pay them with money is the most urgent thing in Zhu Youjian. The official army is not effective in suppressing thieves and the ministers are constantly greedy, which has always been Zhu Youjian's most helplessness.

Zhu Youjian's order suddenly became a big uproar in the court. I wonder why Chongzhen suddenly turned out to be abnormal and even promoted Zhao Yan as the Shandong Salt Transportation Envoy.

"The Jinyiwei investigates me and investigates it hard! Anyone who has received bribes from salt merchants in Lianghuai will be dismissed from office and questioned." Zhu Youjian's order immediately made many officials tremble all over his body, and many civil officials have realized that a storm is coming.

Wen Tiren was sweating in his back. He was able to turn from an inconspicuous minor official in the court into a "rocket cadre" and rise to the prime minister of the cabinet, and his understanding of the holy intention was outstanding.

Wen Tiren knew that what Zhu Youjian was angry with was the Salt Transport Department. The salt merchants in Lianghuai eroded the salt administration, and the income of the treasury was greatly reduced. What was even more angry was that the civil officials in the court actually deceived them in groups.

He naturally accepted the bribes from the salt merchants, and even the Shandong general Zhao Yan had bribes. However, Wen Tiren was in the camp of the Lianghuai salt merchants. No matter how much filial the Shandong general was, he was not as good as the Lianghuai salt merchants. Moreover, the Lianghuai salt merchants had a wide connection. If he did not cooperate well, he would definitely be dismissed.

The Jinyiwei was not worried about the thorough investigation of Wen Tiren. With the [***] level of the Jinyiwei, at most a few scapegoats were found. What he was worried about was the Shandong general who served as the Shandong salt transport envoy.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that the Shandong General Zhao Yan is a military man and is also a member of the Shandong Salt Transportation Commissioner, which is not in accordance with the etiquette. If the emperor intends to reform the salt administration, he can choose another honest official to serve as the one." Wen Tiren gritted his teeth and bowed to advise. So far, he still does not understand why the emperor asked Zhao Yan to serve as the Shandong Salt Transportation Commissioner. This rash advice will undoubtedly be like stepping on a landmine, and he will never know whether there are landmines ahead.

"I can hear that the salt transport envoys everywhere in the world are a fat man! If you don't have a lot of money to bribe, you will be very good, very good." Zhu Youjian said angrily as if he was an angry child.

"Report to Your Majesty, Zhao Yan's private sales of salt and profits, but His Majesty refused to punish him but appointed him. What if the world imitates him?" Wen Tiren stepped forward and asked.

"If a person in the world can pay a tax of three million taels of salt as he is, and promises to pay a tax of five million taels of salt per year, I will all approve it." Zhu Youjian snorted coldly.

The ministers at this time realized that it was General Zhao Yan, Denglai, who actually paid three million taels of salt tax.

Is this the highest level of bribery? Some officials suddenly had this idea in their minds.

Others bribed ministers, but General Denglai was better. He directly took out three million taels to bribe the emperor. Even the salt merchants in Lianghuai could not make any moves. The salt merchants in Lianghuai were fine, but they were digging for the emperor's corners and would not bribe the emperor.

Lianghuai salt merchants have a complex interest group. Zhao Yan became a Shandong salt transport envoy, which was extremely unfavorable to them.

"Your Majesty, you must not let General Denglai take office as the Shandong salt transport envoy. A vulgar military man will definitely carry out small salt to the world to squeeze private capital. Then it will be a disaster for the world." Zhang Fengyi jumped out quickly and advised with compassion.

Immediately, many officials who colluded with the salt merchants in Lianghuai jumped out to oppose it, and they were able to carry out small salt, gain troops and respect themselves, etc. may be listed one by one.

However, the wind direction at this time was different from when the ministers impeached Zhao Yan last month, and officials from Shandong faction immediately stepped forward.

These Shandong faction officials are all related to Shandong merchants, but the number of officials in these Shandong factions is not large. The officials of Shandong faction seem to be weak.

Monthly ago, the officials of the Shandong faction were impeached by ministers. These officials of the Shandong faction did not dare to speak, but at this time, the officials of the Shandong faction were not afraid of Zhu Youjian's obvious intention, and they also became more and more courageous as they fought.

When the morning court was said, the ministers quarreled and fought, and the court suddenly turned into a vegetable market and was full of trouble.

Chongzhen, who was watching coldly, finally joined the verbal war and was furious about the salt administration affairs, which was as angry as before, but the finger pointed at the ministers and almost cursed all the officials in the court.

At this time, Zhu Youjian was like a surging crater, and could erupt hot magma at any time.

As for Zhao Yan's concurrent role as the Shandong Salt Transportation Commissioner, it was decided in this way.

Zheng Sanjun, the Minister of Personnel, originally wanted to delay the matter and delay the presidency for a few months before talking about it. Maybe there will be a turnaround at that time.

However, the tragic thing is that the Ministry of Personnel's staff was a Shandong faction official. Zheng Sanjun had just delayed for two days and was immediately impeached by the staff member for a simple position. Under the verdict of Zhu Youxuan, Zheng Sanjun sent the documentary for office...

(To be continued)
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